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Blip

8 known investors

Blip provides conversational AI and customer interaction orchestration software for enterprise companies. The platform enables businesses to automate sales, retention, and customer service across channels like WhatsApp using intelligent agents and product catalogs.

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AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Founders & leadership

RORoberto Oliveira
Roberto OliveirainFounderCo-founder and CEO of Blip, a conversational AI platform for business messaging between brands and customers. He completed executive education in innovation and entrepreneurship at Stanford University, holds a degree in electrical and telecommunications engineering from UFMG, has more than 23 years of experience building technology companies, co-founded Confrapar and Minu, and has invested in several startups as an angel investor.

Investors · 8

Softbank Latin America FundMiami
Warburg PincusNew York
Browder CapitalreportedSan Francisco · $100K – $10M
Dash FundreportedNew York · $200K – $400K
Endeavor CatalystreportedNew York · $5.5M – $200M
Shrug CapitalreportedSunnyvale · $100K – $3M
Susa VenturesreportedSan Francisco · $1M – $5M
Wischoff VenturesreportedNashville · $750K – $1M

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

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Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Blip is a conversational intelligence company that provides an enterprise platform for orchestrating customer journeys across messaging channels. Its platform covers the stages the company describes as listening, attracting, converting and engaging: conversational campaigns across multiple channels, in-conversation payments via credit card or payment links, AI-assisted human support, and market-listening intelligence. The core product concept is the "Intelligent Contact", a conversational layer that centralizes the channels a customer uses, preserves interaction context, and connects human agents, automations and AI agents into a single continuous journey.

The platform supports Meta channels (WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger), its own embeddable Blip Chat widget for websites and apps, and Apple Messages for Business, SMS, email, Telegram, Microsoft Teams and Google RCS. Building blocks include Builder, a drag-and-drop visual editor for creating conversational flows without code; Studio, for configuring large language models, knowledge bases, tool and API integrations, instructions and guardrails, and for combining deterministic flows with AI agents; BLU (Blip Language Understanding), a native natural language processing component; and Analytics and Customer Service modules for bot journey reporting and for real-time queue, agent productivity and CSAT/response-time monitoring. Integration with existing CRM and ERP systems is offered through APIs and SDKs. Vertical solutions include Blip Cred for credit journeys, product catalogs and WhatsApp payments.

Blip serves industries including retail, banking and financial services, utilities, services, education, telecommunications, automotive and health. Published customer cases include Stellantis (AI agent for tow tracking and vehicle-manual queries on WhatsApp), Banco Arbi (WhatsApp credit journeys via Blip Cred), Energisa (interpretation of critical customer reports using Studio), YDUQS (enrollment growth through personalized AI on WhatsApp), Leroy Merlin (quote requests, assisted sales and segmented marketing on WhatsApp), Afya (student debt and self-service flows across 43 institutions) and Smart Fit (WhatsApp Flows).

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Competitors · 5

by search overlap
WhatsApp85 shared keywordsWhatsApp is a messaging and calling application that provides text, media, and voice communication services to users across 180+ countries. The app prioritizes end-to-end encryption and operates as a standalone service focused on reliable global communication.
Respond.io39 shared keywordsRespond.io is a customer conversation platform that unifies messaging channels like WhatsApp, Messenger, TikTok, and email plus VoIP calls into a single team inbox that syncs with CRMs. It offers multilingual AI agents that answer enquiries, route leads, recommend products, and manage bookings to help sales and marketing teams handle high volumes of conversations.
Sleekflow34 shared keywordsSleekFlow provides an omnichannel inbox that connects shared email addresses (support@, sales@) alongside WhatsApp, SMS, and chat, with AI-assisted replies, two-way email sync, and automation for sales and support teams. It targets B2C brands managing customer communication across multiple channels in one platform.
Lead Sales32 shared keywordsLeadsales is a CRM platform that centralizes customer conversations from WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram in a single interface, enabling sales teams to manage leads, automate follow-ups, and organize sales processes.
Netezza30 shared keywordsIBM is a global technology company whose business spans enterprise software (including Red Hat, HashiCorp, and Confluent), IT infrastructure such as mainframes, servers, and storage, and IT consulting services. The company is also investing heavily in quantum computing and AI-based enterprise offerings, including its Lightwell open-source software security clearinghouse and the Anderon quantum wafer foundry.

Companies competing with Blip for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

In the news

Brazil’s Blip Raises $60 Million, Eyes LatAm Expansion - Nearshore Americasnearshoreamericas.com · Nov 2024Blip Raises $60 Million in Series Cthesaasnews.com · Nov 2024Blip Labs Technologies Raises $2.1M in Seed Fundingfinsmes.com · Feb 2023Exclusive: Embedded bill pay startup Blip raises $2.1Maxios.com · Feb 2023Blip.tv Just Raised $6 Million, But Where Is The Audience?techcrunch.com · Dec 2011Irving Kahn, 105-Year-Old Investment Banker: Economic Downturn Just a Blipthedailybeast.com · Aug 2011Blip.TV Raises Another $10 Million for TV Network of the Future - Business Insiderbusinessinsider.com · May 2010Blip.tv raises funding for video exploits - CNETcnet.com · Oct 2008

▸Research sources · 8

primary sources listed

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Blip do?
Brazilian conversational intelligence platform that orchestrates customer journeys across WhatsApp and other messaging channels.
Who founded Blip?
Blip was founded by Roberto Oliveira.
Who are Blip's investors?
Blip's investors include Softbank Latin America Fund, Warburg Pincus, Browder Capital, Dash Fund, Endeavor Catalyst, Shrug Capital, Susa Ventures, Wischoff Ventures.